61st New York Infantry - Medal of Honor & Wounded 4 Times

Item CDV-9514

Description

Original Civil War CDV signed and war dated by Nelson A. Miles

Nelson Appleton Miles
22nd Massachusetts Infantry
61st New York Infantry
United States Volunteers
Lieutenant, Captain, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel, Brigadier General & Major General
Wounded at Seven Pines
Wounded at Fredericksburg
Wounded at Chancellorsville
Wounded at Petersburg
Medal of Honor for actions at Chancellorsville: "Distinguished gallantry while holding with his command an advanced position against repeated assaults by a strong force of the enemy; was severely wounded."
Backmark: Boston
Signed by Nelson Miles in period ink